[article] About 40% of US adults are obese, government survey finds (AP)

About 40% of US adults are obese, government survey finds

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NEW YORK (AP) — About 4 in 10 American adults are obese, and nearly 1 in 10 is severely so, government researchers said Thursday.

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The survey found that the obesity rate was 42% — higher than the 40% found in a similar 2015-16 study. The severe obesity rate was more than 9% in the new survey, up from the 8% figure in the previous one.

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[...] it’s clear that adult obesity rates are trending up, said the CDC’s Cynthia Ogden, one of the report’s authors.

A half-century ago, about 1 in 100 American adults were severely obese. Now it’s 10 times more common. [also mentioned later in the article, "a BMI of 40 or above is severely obese."]

The obesity rate has risen about 40% in the last two decades.

Article URL: https://apnews.com/a2154b643d53afae2a3654f722a9b60a

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